DNA plasmid coding for Phlebotomus sergenti salivary protein PsSP9, a member of the SP15 family of proteins, protects against Leishmania tropica.

• Main Authors: Elham Gholami (Author), Fabiano Oliveira (Author), Tahereh Taheri (Author), Negar Seyed (Author), Safoora Gharibzadeh (Author), Nasim Gholami (Author), Amir Mizbani (Author), Fatemeh Zali (Author), Sima Habibzadeh (Author), Daniel Omid Bakhadj (Author), Claudio Meneses (Author), Kambiz Kamyab-Hesari (Author), Alireza Sadeghipour (Author), Yasaman Taslimi (Author), Fatemeh Khadir (Author), Shaden Kamhawi (Author), Mohammad Ali Mazlomi (Author), Jesus G Valenzuela (Author), Sima Rafati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>The vector-borne disease leishmaniasis is transmitted to humans by infected female sand flies, which transmits Leishmania parasites together with saliva during blood feeding. In Iran, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is caused by Leishmania (L.) major and L. tropica, and t...